Overview
- DRI officers seized 270 kg of mephedrone concealed in chicken feed during a two‑day multi‑state operation, arrested six suspects, and located raw material at a dismantled clandestine lab.
- DRI Mumbai reported five operations across Maharashtra and Goa that netted narcotics worth ₹17.55 crore and led to 10 arrests, including an airport‑based syndicate using a catering truck, cleaning staff, and a duty manager.
- NCB Hyderabad intercepted a specially modified lorry on the city’s outskirts and recovered 813 kg of ganja from a hidden cylindrical cavity, arresting three people from Karnataka.
- Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence wing recovered 40 kg of heroin on the Amritsar–Tarn‑Taran highway and arrested four operatives, according to DGP Gaurav Yadav.
- A joint Odisha–Delhi probe arrested three, including an alleged kingpin using a toy‑packing front and courier services, with 165.74 kg of ganja seized and police alleging over 5,000 kg trafficked in the past year.